Full disclosure: I am not a “shipper” by nature. I do not base the merits of a TV show on whether or not any characters end up together. I’d be fine if Castle and Beckett just flirted and dated other people for another 6 seasons of “Castle,” for example. But there was one

“One Tree Hill couple, though, that I always wanted to share more screen time – and not necessarily in a romantic way.

Since season five, dastardly Dan Scott (Paul Johansson) and icy Victoria Davis (Daphne Zuniga) were the only consistent “adult” characters on the show. (All the other main characters were in their 20s by that season, but you know what I mean.)

Both could be deliciously evil. Both had “complicated” relationships with their offspring. Both elevated every scene they were in. But they were almost never in a scene together.

I really, really, really wanted them to be. And I didn’t really care about the circumstances.

A romance based on passionate insults? Dan already kind of had that with Deb, but sure! What I really hoped for was an evil plot showdown in which each of them used their manipulative ways to turn their kids against each other or wreak some other havoc in Tree Hill.

But no. For five years, these two powerhouse characters moved in very similar circles without ever colliding. And Dan’s recent death put the final nail in the Dan/Victoria coffin.

Apparently, I’m not the only one who expected them to do just that. Zuniga herself said squaring off with Dan was something she always hoped Victoria would do.

“I was sort of expecting that from day one,” Zuniga said, “but they didn’t go for the obvious. I think a lot of people were expecting that. I wish we had another five years to do stuff. But I’m afraid to say, I never got to punch him or scream at him.”

“They might have counteracted each other,” suggested Johansson. “It would have been interesting and fun, but it might have been to soapy? Mark usually knows best when it comes to these things.”

If the characters did share more time, Johansson was hoping for romance over not wrath.

“I think we should have had an affair,” Johansson said. “In fact we’ll have one off-camera now just to make things spicy!”